The High Court has granted AIB certain, but not all, orders it sought against its former executives and a rival company the bank claims conspired to take over the clients, business and staff of AIB's International Financial Services (IFS) business.

A BUSINESS would be dealt a major blow at a “critical” early stage if AIB was granted a “sweeping injunction” stopping several former senior executives from canvassing any clients.

SIX senior AIB executives secretly and systematically colluded in the preparation and execution of a premeditated strategy to undermine and damage the bank’s International Financial Services business for their own gain, the High Court has heard.

SIX senior AIB executives conspired to undermine and damage the bank’s international financial services section for their own gain, the High Court has heard.